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Prime Chartered Accountants launch spin-off IT firm
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A West Midlands firm of accountants has launched a spin-off IT support business to help firms with their technology as well as their tax returns.
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IFAs see rise in custom from law firms
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Financial advisors are benefiting after seeing a major increase in demand for services from law firms.
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Legal advice for farmers after attacks by cows
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Farmers have been warned to make sure they understand their legal position after a recent spate of attacks by cows on walkers.
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Phill Potter promoted to provide international trading advice at HSBC
Banking & Finance
HSBC Commercial Banking has appointed Phill Potter to a newly created regional international commercial manager (RICM) position as part of the Midlands team.
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Top companies left themselves open to fraud
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Top companies have been left wide open to massive levels of fraud in the recession because they did not have enough safety measures in place, new research has claimed.
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Top equity-backed CEOs in the Midlands named by BVCA
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The top equity-backed chief executives in the Midlands have been named in a set of new awards.
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Lord Myners questions proposed EU hedge fund regulations
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Financial Services Minister Lord Myners has called for an “impact assessment” before any EU rules are agreed regulating London’s vital hedge fund and private equity markets.
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PIBS holders agree to West Brom rule change
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Holders of a special type of West Bromwich Building Society shares have accepted rule changes that will cut costs for the loss-making mutual.
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Restructuring makes up for recession at Midlands branch of PwC
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Restructuring work on failing firms like vanmaker LDV has made up for other recession-hit parts of the business at financial powerhouse PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Whitbread closes final salary scheme to existing members, affecting three per cent of workforce
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Premier Inn and Costa Coffee owner Whitbread has become the latest firm to deliver a pensions blow to staff by announcing the closure of its final salary scheme to existing members.
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Services sector surge suggests economy is set for recovery
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Activity in Britain’s services sector grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in August, boosted by a surge in optimism about the economy pulling out of recession.
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Funeral costs leap by a third in four years
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Steep rises in funeral fees mean bereaved families are being forced deeper into debt, financial advisers claim.
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Fund manager confident of growth as savers look for alternatives
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Fund manager Hargreaves Lansdown said it expects to boost business as record low interest rates prompt investors to seek other homes for their cash.
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Martin Ritchley joins board of West Bromwich Building Society
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Ex-Coventry Building Society boss Martin Ritchley yesterday joined former rival the West Brom as a non-executive director.
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Pro bono work is a marketing dream, says Law Society
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There are massive marketing benefits for law firms giving free legal services, according to the Law Society.
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Accountants hit out at new price comparison site
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A Midlands accountancy firm has said a new accountancy price comparison site will have a detrimental effect on the industry.
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Co-operative backs first phase of Birmingham school building programme
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The first phase of the largest school building programme of its type in the Ƶ is being partly financed by a £27.5m lending facility provided by The Co-operative Bank.
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Sydney Mitchell kept sweet after going next door for eight lawyers
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You’d expect to be able to pop around to the neighbours to borrow a cup of sugar.
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Tribunals to rise in construction sector, says Higgs & Sons
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One of the region’s leading employment law specialists is warning the Midlands construction industry that proposed legislation from the Government which signals the end of self-employment status could deliver more tribunals.
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Four new recorders named from No5's ranks
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Four barristers from No5 Chambers in Birmingham have been selected to sit as recorders, taking the total number of part-time judges at the set to 24.
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Why legal disputes don't have to mean court
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Economic downturns mean more disputes – and disputes mean businesses that may have worked together are suddenly pitched against one another in costly legal battles.
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Accountants claim ‘punitive’ tax regime is threatening Ƶ’s economic recovery
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A ‘punitive’ tax regime is threatening the economic recovery, according to accountants at national firm MacIntyre Hudson.
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Melrose cuts debt pile with £26m company disposal
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Warwickshire industrial investor Melrose took another bite from its debt pile with a £26m disposal of one of its companies.
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Graduates’ loans reducing, as RPI goes negative
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About 390,000 graduates with outstanding student loans saw their interest rates turn negative yesterday in a move which will reduce debts over time even without repayments.
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